Citizenship Dramatized: A Bit of Brightening for the Study of Civil Government

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H. Holt, 1921 - 188 Seiten

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Seite 56 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Seite 102 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members — on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Seite 56 - I, AB, do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the constitution thereof. So help me God.
Seite 103 - ... member has a right to move a reconsideration (except petitions, enacted bills, orders of inquiry, and orders of notice), until the right of reconsideration has expired : provided, that the operation of this rule shall be suspended during the last week of the session.
Seite 19 - All persons who give evidence before a court-martial shall be examined on oath, or affirmation, in the following form : " You swear (or affirm) that the evidence you shall give in the case now in hearing, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.
Seite 103 - No appeal from the decision of the Speaker shall be entertained unless it is seconded ; and no other business shall be in order until the question on the appeal has been disposed of.
Seite 58 - BOSTON, 19 . Then personally appeared who, I am satisfied, is one of the signers of the within nomination paper, and made oath that the statements therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that his post office address is Before me, Justice of the Peace.
Seite 86 - ... shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for the first offense, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
Seite 108 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein) : That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the constitution...
Seite 103 - A motion to adjourn shall be always first in order, and shall be decided without debate ; and on the motions to lay on the table...

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